THE LECTURES OF PARASTIOLOGY & INVASIOLOGY

8.03.2011. Lecture XVI-XVII. Parasitic Arthropods: crustaceans, insects. The lice infections i birds & mammals.
The prevalence of (lice) Mallophaga & Anoplura infections in domestic animals. The economic loses caused by lice infestations in farm animals. Flea infections in poultry & carnivores. The importance of fleas as diseases’ vectors. The immunopathology of flea infection. The allergens of fleas.22.03.2011. Lecture XVIII-XIX. The consequences of parasitic insects infections.
The hypersensitivity of cows to saliva allergens of black flies (Simulium sp.); phases of disease, preventive measurements. The mosquitoes, Tabanidae (horse flies). The anticoagulants of blood feeding insects. The Gasterophilosis in horses (bot flies d.): prevalence, clinical sings, prophylactic action. The prevalence of Oestrus ovis infections. The hypodermosis in cows. The host immune response to Hypoderma sp. infection and it’s role in pathogenesis & elimination of the infection. The inflammatory and necrotic lesions of skin in ruminants affected by flies’ larvae (Lucilla cuprina, Calliphora stimulans).29.03.2011. Lecture XX-XXI. The introduction to Acaroses. The mite infections in ungulates & carnivores. The infection caused by Demodex spp.
The sarcoptic mange in pigs, horses, ruminants and carnivores. The psoroptic mange in large and small animals. The chorioptic mange. The prevalence and pathogenesis of those infections. The economic loses due to mange infections. The circumstances allowing distribution of mange in animals and preventive measurements.
Dog demodecosis and its forms. The demodecosis in cows, sheep, goats & horses. The genotype, immunity and diet involvement in occurrence and
severity of clinical signs of the disease. The prevalence of the ocular demodecosis in humans.12.04.2011. Lecture XXIV-XXV. The occurrence, development and mechanisms of drug resistance in parasites (protozoans, helmints and arthropods).10.05.2011. Lecture XXVI-XXVII. The relationships between host and parasite. Parasite antigens. The main host’s resistance mechanisms to parasite infections. – by Dr. Ewa Długosz24.05.2010. Lecture XXVIII-XXX. The parasite evasive mechanisms from host immune response. – by Dr. Ewa DługoszThe mechanisms and examples of evading strategies from effects of host immunity (molecular mimicry, immune distract, immunomodulation, neutralising enzymes for nitrogen oxide and free radicals, proteases cutting antibodies).31.05.2011. Lecture XXII-XXIII. The acaroses in birds. The tick infections. – by Dr. Wojciech Zygner
The pathology and loses caused by mites in birds. The zoonoses caused by mites parasitising in birds.
The periods of ticks’ activity. The local and systemic symptoms observed in consecutive phases of the infection. The patho-mechanism of tick paralysis. The immune response to ticks’ antigens and means of ticks’ self-protection against it. The perspectives of vaccine against tick infection. The direct loses due to ticks infections. The ticks as vectors of viral, bacterial and protozoan diseases.